Vulnerability in Nicholas Marriott Tmux
CVE-2011-1496
tmux 1.3 and 1.4 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows local users to gain utmp group privileges via a filename to the -S command-line option.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (59.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nicholas Marriott Tmux — versions 1.3, 1.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1015 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/44081 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/44239 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17147 (Exploit, exploit)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058452.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/47283 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2212 (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0897 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1002 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058548.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-1496?
- CVE-2011-1496 is a vulnerability in Nicholas Marriott Tmux, classified under CWE-264. Published 2011-04-18.
- Is CVE-2011-1496 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.